<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Rare van Gogh letters offer insight : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/arts/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). 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